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PEDRO ORTIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordPedro Ortiz, of Selma, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 7
- STANLEY MARCEL STASZAKMajor · April 4, 1959
- WILLIE J MYRICKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- CARL ARTHUR SMITHLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 2
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN MICHEAL ANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 4
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 5
- CHARLES CLIFTON JONESMajor · Panel 19E, Line 6
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 6
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.